Table 1.
Demographic data
| Transferred patients—83 | Non transferred patients—202 | P value | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 37 | 114 | 0.89 |
| Female | 46 | 88 | |
| Median age (IQR) | 56.5 (40.0–70.0) | 57.5 (47.0–69.0) | 0.65 |
| Aetiology | 26 | 70 | 0.458 |
| Gallstones | 37 | 69 | |
| Alcohol | 14 | 46 | |
| Idiopathic | 4 | 8 | |
| Post-ERCP | 0 | 4 | |
| Drug induced | 0 | 2 | |
| Hyperlipidaemia | |||
| Acute-on-chronic pancreatitis | 1 | 2 | |
| Post-EUS | 0 | 1 | |
| Postoperative | 1 | 0 | |
| Median days admission to referral | 8.0 (3.0–16.0) | 7.0 (4.0–11.0) | 0.25 |
| Median no of times discussed | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 0.1 |
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, Endoscopic ultrasound; IQR, inter quartile range; no, number.